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Where does “pesecod” come from?

pesecod (Middle English) comes from Middle English pese, from Old English pise, from Late Latin pisa, from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον, from Ancient Greek πίσος — pea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum".

pesecod (Middle English): peapod

Definitions

  1. peapod

Ancestry of “pesecod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishpeseA pea; The leguminous plant Pisum sativum;...
2Old Englishpisepea
3Late Latinpisanominative plural of pisum; accusative plural of...
4Latinpīsum—
5Ancient GreekπίσονQuoted by comic poet Alexis; pea, pease, seed of...
6Ancient Greekπίσοςpea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum"

Words derived from “pesecod”

  • peasecod
  • peascod
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